Founder of First American Baptist Church, Roger Williams, Arrives in North America
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Roger Williams first arrives in North America. He will soon question the rigid religious policies in the Massachusetts colony, causing him to be banished to Rhode Island five years later.

While in Rhode Island Roger Williams will create the first Baptist church in America. In fact, Roger Williams will be among the first in America to articulate the concept of a separation of church and government, opposing the American tendency to have official, state supported churches. This will be why Roger Williams will be unpopular among his contemporaries.

He will be a very principled leader: even though he vehemently opposes the religious views of groups like the Quakers, he will never allow them to be repressed or persecuted.